I may have contacted you before, but I am researching the surname PELTON. The thing that is complicated about it is that it is connected in my case to ADKINS and ATKINS. The information below explains this. The other complication is that on the census records I do have, most of the PELTONs have only initials. Please read and help if you can. You are welcome to anything I have. I have collected PELTON information from everywhere for 20 years. I have a list of the files if anyone needs to look at it or wants me to look anything up for them. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to look at all this. Lee Descendants of James PELTON (The line I am tracing) 1 PELTON, James b: 1822 in Arkansas .. +(LETHA), Letherwood or b: 1826 in Arkansas ......... 2 PELTON, B.F. b: in Arkansas ......... 2 PELTON, S.A. b: 1846 in Arkansas ......... 2 PELTON, L.C. b: 1849 in Arkansas ......... 2 PELTON, M.A. b: 1851 in Texas ......... 2 PELTON, R.E. b: 1853 in Texas ......... 2 PELTON, S. b: 1855 in Texas ......... 2 PELTON, William Marion b: July 17, 1856 in New York ............. +KENNEDY, Sarah Emma b: July 10, 1855 ......... 2 PELTON, James C b: April 1859 in Texas ............. +MCKAY, Mary A b: January 1866 in Texas Father: MCKAY, Charles Mother: HUDMAN, Susan A .................... 3 PELTON, James W b: January 1887 in Texas .................... 3 PELTON, Joseph O b: November 1889 in Texas .................... 3 PELTON, Maggie M b: August 1893 in Texas .................... 3 PELTON, Susan M b: October 1895 in Texas .................... 3 PELTON, Samuel N b: February 1898 in Texas .................... 3 PELTON, Stuart H b: October 1899 1860 Federal Census, Limestone County, Texas: pp. 329B-330: #246/215: James PELTON 38 AR Farmer L. (female) 34 AR S.A. (female) 14 AR B.F. (male) 12 AR L.C. (female) 11 AR M.A. (female) 9 TX R.E. (female) 7 TX S. (female) 5 TX William 3 TX James C. 1 TX 1880 Federal Census, Limestone County, Texas: p. 402: #8: Lether PELTON 52 AR GA GA (female) Elizabeth 26 TX GA TN daughter James 21 TX GA TN son 1900 Federal Census, Cottle County, Texas: Enumeration District 20, sheet 1: James C. PELTON Apr 1859 TX AR AR married 15 years Mary A. Jan 1866 TX TN MS wife, 6 children/6 living James W. Jan 1887 TX TX TX son Joseph O. Nov 1889 TX TX TX son Magie M. Aug 1893 TX TX TX daughter Susan M. Oct 1895 TX TX TX daughter Samuel N. Feb 1898 TX TX TX son Stuart H. Oct 1899 TX TX TX son Robert L. ADKINS Jul 1886 TX TX TX nephew ** Limestone Co, Texas Marriages Book A (1873-1876) J.C. PELTON and Mary MCKAY C-169 PELTON, James C James C.PELTON and his wife Mary MCKAY; PELTON-raised a nephew of Mary's it was Robert L ADKINS, The boy's mother died in childbirth and his father died about the same time of Cholera. The family say they think the mother also had cholera, 1900 Census shows Robert L ADKINS living with his Uncle and Aunt in Mitchell County texas. The PELTONs let Robert keep his name of ADKINS. And because of this we were able to find him on the 1900 cottle count census, he was shown living with the PELTONs and was listed as nephew of the wife, and they considered him as their oldest child. they had 6 children in 1900, but a family member told me that they had somewhere around 14 children in all. But they always considered Robert Lee ADKINS their oldest child. he was born 1886 the same year that both his parents died. Because of the birth dates of the ADKINS and PELTON children, and especially the with the 1900 census that showed Robert S. ADKINS living with the PELTON family him listed as a nephew, seems to lend credibility to the story. More about Robert S “Tom” ADKINS aka ATKINS: Limestone Co, Texas Marriages Book A 1873-1876 R.S. ADKINS and Bell MCCAY B-12 (Note spelling of MCKAY) 1880 Federal Census, Ellis County, Texas: p. 448: #304/287: Robert ADKINS 24 b TX Father born LA Mother born LA E. wife 24 b TX Father bornGA Mother born GA James 2 TX TX TX son Mollie 7/12 TX TX TX daughter born January More about Isabelle “Belle” MCKAY: On Texas census listed as E. Limestone County, Texas, Marriages: Book A (1873-1876): R.S. ADKINS & Bell MCCAY, B-12 1860 Federal Census, Leon County, Texas: pp. 272B-273: #506/506: Charles MCKAY 33 TN Farmer $641 personal property Susan (HUDMAN) 27 GA William A. 11 TX James M. 10 TX John T. 7 TX Emma A. 6 TX Isabella 4 TX Charles E. 2 TX Alvin H. 8/12 TX ** My mother Nettie Joan ORR HERMAN wrote this: My Great, Great, Grandparents "Charles MCKAY & Susan HUDMAN; MCKAY b.1833 d.1912" had two daughters. Bell MCKAY b. 1856 and Mary MCKAY b.1866 . Bell MCKAY married Robert S. ADKINS. Her sister married James C. PELTON. Robert S. “Tom”ADKINS aka ATKINS and Bell MCKAY had 4. children - Robert L. Bob ADKINS youngest of four children,b/1886, - Eleanor, ADKINS,- Mary Elizabeth ADKINS b. 1878. Her whole life she went by the name of Mollie, and was my grandmother. The fourth child was James S. ADKINS. b.1877 James C.PELTON married Mary MCKAY they had 6 children. James W. PELTON, b.1887-Joseph O. PELTON b.1889, Maggie M. PELTON b. 1893, and Susan M. PELTON b.1895- Samuel N. PELTON b.1898-& Stuart H PELTON b 1899. Now the family story goes that Mary and Bell were pregnant at the same time. Mary had her baby and it died. Bell had her baby and then she and her husband Robert S. ADKINS both died of cholera. They buried Mary's dead baby with it's aunt Bell, and Mary took the live baby and raised him as her own. This baby was Robert L. "Bob" ADKINS. She let him keep his name of ADKINS, and on the 1900 census, it shows a Robert ADKINS listed as nephew of James C & Mary PELTON. Robert L. "Bob" ADKINS' sister, my grandmother, "Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" ADKINS was raised by her grandmother Susan HUDMAN MCKAY HENSON. Susan was a widow. I do not know date her husband Charles MCKAY died, but in 1880 when her sister Mary Ann HUDMAN HENSON died, she married her sister's widower husband Dr. Henry HENSON and they raised my grandmother, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" ADKINS. I do not know who raised the other children, but some how they all grew to be adults. More about Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" ADKINS THASSLER WHITE: Mary Elizabeth Mollie ADKINS' parents died of cholera when she was young. She was raised by Dr. Henry HENSON and his wife Mary Ann HUDMAN. Mary Elizabeth ADKINS listed her daughter Mary Hettie's birthday as 1898 on the 1900 census. Mary MCKAY PELTON, aunt of Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” ADKINS took in some of the ADKINS children after Robert "Tom" ADKINS and his wife Isabelle “Belle” MCKAY died of cholera. More about Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” ADKINS THASSLER WHITE: 1900 Sulphur Springs CN IT Davis Town Murray Co OK Census THASSLER Theodore F. Head Male/White 32 Farmer Ger Ger Germany Mollie E. Wife Female/White 21 TX TX TX Mary A. Daughter Female/White 1 I.T. 1900 Federal Census, Indian Territory: Chickasaw Nation: Enumeration District 139, sheet 13: Theodore F. THASSLER May 1868 GERMANY Mollie E. Nov 1879 TX wife Mary H. Aug 1898 IT daughter ** Theodore THASSLER married Mollie ADKINS: Issued 8th Oct 1896 Married 14th Oct. 1896 Recorded 17 Oct. 1896 Milam Co, TX Death Notice: Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" ADKINS THASSLER WHITE: Name of deceased: Mary Elizabeth (Frank) White Residence: 1022 1/2 N. Dewy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Occupation: Housewife Date of Birth: November 15, 1879 Age:75 years 2months 26 days Birthplace: Williamson County, Texas Date of Death: February 11th 1955 Date of Funeral: February 15th, 1955 Tuesday at 2:00pm Services at: Chapel, Baggerley Funeral Home, Edmond,Oklahoma Resided in State: 59 years Place of Death: Faith Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Certifying Physician: Dr Joe Coley M.D. Address: 416 NW 13th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Name of Father: Robert S "Tom" ADKINS His birthplace: Texas Maiden Name of Mother: Isabelle "Belle" MCKAY aka "Molly" Her Birthplace: Texas Burial: Gracelawn Cemetery More on Hezekiah HUDMAN father of Mary Ann and Susan: HUDMAN, Hezekiah This information obtained from 1820, 1840, 1850, 1860, Census John HUDMAN Will, Marrage records, Probate records. Compiler Paul Hedman Jr. 3201 Chatterton San Angelo, Tx on 10/3/1079. Hezekiah was listed as a Private in the 1 Regiment Harris' Georgia Militia during the War of 1812. Hezekiah HUDMAN was a 1st Lieutenant, Gwinnett County, Georgia Militia, May 26, 1821 - March 17, 1823. Hezekiah HUDMAN was a Captain in the Henry County, Georgia Militia September 15, 1825- March 21, 1826. Birth year and place is derived from the 1850 U.S. Census for Texas. Children are listed in the census. More on Dr Henry HENSON and Mary Ann HUDMAN: Henry HENSON was married to Susan HUDMAN and then after she died he married his wife's sister Mary Ann HUDMAN MCKAY (she was the widow MCKAY): Descendants of Henry HENSON (my direct line) 1 HENSON, Henry b: May 21, 1823 in Rabun Co., Georgia d: February 24, 1911 in Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Texas .. +HUDMAN, Mary Ann b: August 25, 1825 in Georgia d: January 03, 1880 in Wills Point Texas, Van Zandt CO. Union Grove Cemetery Father: HUDMAN, Hezekiah Mother: TURNER, Martha Patsy *2nd Wife of HENSON, Henry: .. +HUDMAN, Susan A b: 1833 in Georgia d: December 17, 1912 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas Father: HUDMAN, Hezekiah Mother: TURNER, Martha Patsy Dr Henry HENSON and his wife Mary Ann HUDMAN raised Mary Elizabeth Mollie ADKINS after her parents died of cholera when she was very young. After Mary Ann died, Dr HENSON married her sister, the widow Susan HUDMAN MCKAY. 1860 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas: pp. 45B-46: #421/438: Henry HENSON 36 GA Physician $1335 personal prop. Mary A. 34 GA James 10 TX William 9 TX Sarah 8 TX Martha 6 TX Louisa 5 TX Laura 3 TX S.A. (female) 1 TX Margaret WAGGON 23 TN 1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas: p. 171B: #213/231: Henry HENSON 46 GA Farmer $1300 real estate, $1000 personal prop. Mary W. 42 GA James 21 TX William 19 TX Martha 17 TX Louisa 16 TX Joseph 14 TX Susan 12 TX Queen 10 TX Henrietta 8 TX Mattie 8 TX Leann 6 TX Ida 7/12 TX Samuel SMITH 10 TX 1900 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas: p. 138: #176/180: Henry HENSON May 1823 GA SC SC Physician, married 20 years Susan May 1833 GA unknown unknown wife, 12 children/6 living Suda ADKINS Mar 1881 TX TX TX granddaughter ** 1910 Van Zandt Co TX Census Henry HENSON Father born South Carolina Mother born Georgia Susan Father born South Carolina Mother born Georgia Dr Henry HENSON and his wife Mary Ann HUDMAN raised Mary Elizabeth Mollie ADKINS after her parents died of cholera when she was very young. After Mary Ann died, Dr HENSON married her sister, the widow Susan HUDMAN MCKAY. 1860 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas: pp. 45B-46: #421/438: Henry HENSON 36 GA Physician $1335 personal prop. Mary A. 34 GA James 10 TX William 9 TX Sarah 8 TX Martha 6 TX Louisa 5 TX Laura 3 TX S.A. (female) 1 TX Margaret WAGGON 23 TN 1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas: p. 171B: #213/231: Henry HENSON 46 GA Farmer $1300 real estate, $1000 personal prop. Mary W. 42 GA James 21 TX William 19 TX Martha 17 TX Louisa 16 TX Joseph 14 TX Susan 12 TX Queen 10 TX Henrietta 8 TX Mattie 8 TX Leann 6 TX Ida 7/12 TX Samuel SMITH 10 TX 1900 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas: p. 138: #176/180: Henry HENSON May 1823 GA SC SC Physician, married 20 years Susan May 1833 GA unknown unknown wife, 12 children/6 living Suda ADKINS Mar 1881 TX TX TX granddaughter ** 1910 Van Zandt Co TX Census Henry HENSON Father born South Carolina Mother born Georgia Susan Father born South Carolina Mother born Georgia PELTONS I have found in Texas Counties: 1900 Federal Census, Cottle County, Texas: Enumeration District 20, sheet 1: James C. PELTON Apr 1859 TX AR AR married 15 years Mary A. Jan 1866 TX TN MS wife, 6 children/6 living James W. Jan 1887 TX TX TX son Joseph O. Nov 1889 TX TX TX son Magie M. Aug 1893 TX TX TX daughter Susan M. Oct 1895 TX TX TX daughter Samuel N. Feb 1898 TX TX TX son Stuart H. Oct 1899 TX TX TX son Robert L. ADKINS Jul 1886 TX TX TX nephew ** 1880 Federal Census, Limestone County, Texas: p. 402: #8: Lether PELTON 52 AR GA GA (female) Elizabeth 26 TX GA TN daughter James 21 TX GA TN son p. 402B: #15: James G. PARSON household Nathan W. PELTON 18 TX AR AR p. 403: #36: William M. PELTON 23 TX AL TN Sarah Emily 24 AL NC MS wife Eugenia E. 5 TX TX AL daughter Julia Lee 3 TX TX AL daughter John 2 TX TX AL son Mary O. 11/12 TX TX AL daughter ** 1860 Federal Census, Limestone County, Texas: pp. 329B-330: #246/215: James PELTON 38 AR Farmer L. (female) 34 AR S.A. (female) 14 AR B.F. (male) 12 AR L.C. (female) 11 AR M.A. (female) 9 TX R.E. (female) 7 TX S. (female) 5 TX William 3 TX James C. 1 TX p. 330: #247/216: A. PELTON 53 GA Farmer R. 45 MO J.F. 18 AL M.J. 16 AL J.T. 13 AL A.H. 11 AL A.F. 9 TX William 7 TX PELTON Limestone County, Texas, Marriages: Book A (1873-1876): W.M. PELTON & Miss Emma Kenney, 5 Feb 1874, A-24 1876-1900: R.S. ADKINS & Bell MCCAY, B-12 N.W. PELTON & M.A. Thompson, C-9 J.C. PELTON & Mary MCKAY, C-169 J.R. ADKINS & Bertha Cogdell, 1897, G-297 ** 1870 Federal Census, Limestone County, Texas: No PELTON No ADKINS/ATKINS ** LDS International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.): Children of James Isaac PELTON & Lourania Holcombe, all born in Limestone County, Texas: William Marion PELTON, born 17 July 1856 James Isaac PELTON, born 1858 Nathaniel PELTON, born 1859 Elizabeth PELTON, born 1861 Michigan Marriages from 1840 to 1899: KEENEY, JAMES H. marr. PELTON, MARY 25/12/1863 Pioneers of Old Hopewell: The children of James Larison and Kesiah Parke were as follows, viz.: (1) John, born 1737; (2) Andrew, born February 2, 1739; (3) William, born January 24, 1741; (4) Anne, born February 11, 1743; (5) Roger, born 1745; (6) Elizabeth, born 1747; (7) Catharine, born 1750; (8) Achsah, born 1752; (9) Elijah, born 1754; (10) David, born March 8, 1757. The eldest son John, married Mary, daughter of Benjamin PELTON of Long Island, who about 1740 purchased the farm now owned by John L. Burroughs, between Woodsville and Marshall's Corner. John Larison settled there and kept a hotel for many years. They had no children. Saline County AR Marriages: PELTON Susanna E. 19 James BRUMBLOO 23 Oct. 11, 1855 James T. Swafford, JP B-108 PELTON Timothy 22 Margaret PRYOR 21 Nov. 5, 1855 Ezekiel Hogue, MG B-113 PELTON Wm. M. 20 Hannah Angeline LINDSEY 18 Dec. 30, 1852 S. Chennault, JP B-49 1910 Mitchell Co TX Census: I have the .jpg copy that has James C PELTON Marriages: PELTON, JAMES and HENSON, MARGARET A. 9 Apr 1868 Panola Co TX